{"id":"an4.50","title":"Corruptions","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.50","title":"Corruptions","units":[{"id":"an4.50:0","sourceIds":["an4.50:0.1","an4.50:0.2","an4.50:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.50\n5. Rohitassavagga\nUpakkilesasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.50\n5. With Rohitassa\nCorruptions"}},{"id":"an4.50:1","sourceIds":["an4.50:1.1","an4.50:1.2","an4.50:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattārome, bhikkhave, candimasūriyānaṁ upakkilesā, yehi upakkilesehi upakkiliṭṭhā candimasūriyā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.\nKatame cattāro?\nAbbhā, bhikkhave, candimasūriyānaṁ upakkilesā, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā candimasūriyā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.","en":"“Mendicants, these four corruptions obscure the sun and moon, so they don’t glow and shine and dazzle.\nWhat four?\nStormclouds …"}},{"id":"an4.50:2","sourceIds":["an4.50:2.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mahikā, bhikkhave, candimasūriyānaṁ upakkilesā, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā candimasūriyā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.","en":"Fog …"}},{"id":"an4.50:3","sourceIds":["an4.50:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhūmo rajo, bhikkhave, candimasūriyānaṁ upakkileso, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā candimasūriyā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.","en":"Smoke …"}},{"id":"an4.50:4","sourceIds":["an4.50:4.1","an4.50:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rāhu, bhikkhave, asurindo candimasūriyānaṁ upakkileso, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā candimasūriyā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, cattāro candimasūriyānaṁ upakkilesā, yehi upakkilesehi upakkiliṭṭhā candimasūriyā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.","en":"An eclipse of Rāhu, lord of titans …\nThese are four corruptions that obscure the sun and moon, so they don’t glow and shine and dazzle."}},{"id":"an4.50:5","sourceIds":["an4.50:5.1","an4.50:5.2","an4.50:5.3","an4.50:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, cattārome samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ upakkilesā, yehi upakkilesehi upakkiliṭṭhā eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.\nKatame cattāro?\nSanti, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā suraṁ pivanti merayaṁ, surāmerayapānā appaṭiviratā.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ upakkileso, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.","en":"In the same way, these four things corrupt ascetics and brahmins, so they don’t glow and shine and dazzle.\nWhat four?\nThere are some ascetics and brahmins who drink beer and wine, not refraining from drinking beer and wine.\nThis is the first thing that corrupts ascetics and brahmins …"}},{"id":"an4.50:6","sourceIds":["an4.50:6.1","an4.50:6.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā methunaṁ dhammaṁ paṭisevanti, methunasmā dhammā appaṭiviratā.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyo samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ upakkileso, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.","en":"There are some ascetics and brahmins who have sex, not refraining from sex.\nThis is the second thing that corrupts ascetics and brahmins …"}},{"id":"an4.50:7","sourceIds":["an4.50:7.1","an4.50:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā jātarūparajataṁ sādiyanti, jātarūparajatapaṭiggahaṇā appaṭiviratā.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, tatiyo samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ upakkileso, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.","en":"There are some ascetics and brahmins who accept gold and currency, not refraining from receiving gold and currency.\nThis is the third thing that corrupts ascetics and brahmins …"}},{"id":"an4.50:8","sourceIds":["an4.50:8.1","an4.50:8.2","an4.50:8.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā micchājīvena jīvanti, micchājīvā appaṭiviratā.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, catuttho samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ upakkileso, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, cattāro samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ upakkilesā, yehi upakkilesehi upakkiliṭṭhā eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocantīti.","en":"There are some ascetics and brahmins who make a living the wrong way, not refraining from wrong livelihood.\nThis is the fourth thing that corrupts ascetics and brahmins …\nThese are four things that corrupt ascetics and brahmins, so they don’t glow and shine and dazzle."}},{"id":"an4.50:9","sourceIds":["an4.50:9.1","an4.50:9.2","an4.50:9.3","an4.50:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rāgadosaparikkiṭṭhā,\neke samaṇabrāhmaṇā;\nAvijjānivutā posā,\npiyarūpābhinandino.","en":"Some ascetics and brahmins\nare plagued by greed and hate;\nmen shrouded by ignorance,\nenjoying things that seem pleasant."}},{"id":"an4.50:10","sourceIds":["an4.50:10.1","an4.50:10.2","an4.50:10.3","an4.50:10.4","an4.50:10.5","an4.50:10.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Suraṁ pivanti merayaṁ,\npaṭisevanti methunaṁ;\nRajataṁ jātarūpañca,\nsādiyanti aviddasū;\nMicchājīvena jīvanti,\neke samaṇabrāhmaṇā.","en":"Drinking beer and wine,\nhaving sex,\naccepting currency and gold:\nthey’re ignorant.\nSome ascetics and brahmins\nmake a living the wrong way."}},{"id":"an4.50:11","sourceIds":["an4.50:11.1","an4.50:11.2","an4.50:11.3","an4.50:11.4","an4.50:11.5","an4.50:11.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ete upakkilesā vuttā,\nbuddhenādiccabandhunā;\nYehi upakkilesehi,\neke samaṇabrāhmaṇā;\nNa tapanti na bhāsanti,\nasuddhā sarajā magā.","en":"These corruptions were spoken of\nby the Buddha, Kinsman of the Sun.\nWhen corrupted by these,\nsome ascetics and brahmins\ndon’t shine or glow.\nImpure, dirty creatures,"}},{"id":"an4.50:12","sourceIds":["an4.50:12.1","an4.50:12.2","an4.50:12.3","an4.50:12.4","an4.50:12.5","an4.50:12.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Andhakārena onaddhā,\ntaṇhādāsā sanettikā;\nVaḍḍhenti kaṭasiṁ ghoraṁ,\nādiyanti punabbhavan”ti.\nDasamaṁ.\nRohitassavaggo pañcamo.","en":"swathed in darkness,\nbondservants of craving, full of attachments,\nswell the horrors of the charnel ground,\ntaking up future lives.”"}},{"id":"an4.50:13","sourceIds":["an4.50:13.0","an4.50:13.1","an4.50:13.2","an4.50:13.3","an4.50:13.4","an4.50:13.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nSamādhipañhā dve kodhā,\nRohitassāpare duve;\nSuvidūravisākhavipallāsā,\nUpakkilesena te dasāti.\nPaṭhamo paṇṇāsako samatto."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.50/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}